Curtain fixture



July 11, 1933. c. c COEN 1,917,828

CURTAIN FIXTURE Filed Nov. 5, 1931 Patented July 11, 1933 N TED srrs CLAUDE C. COEN,

013 CULVER, OREGON; MAGGIE L. CQEN AI'JIVEINISTRATRIX OF SAID CLAUDE C. COEN, DECEASED CURTAIN FIXTURE Application filed November mit the shade being raised or lo .vei -ed'v."th

outeatching, tearing, or mussing the lace curtain;

Another object of this invention is to pro and attractive.

vide simple, inexpensive means whereby curtains and otner draperies may be held in graceful folds and the tiebach whichrestrains the draperies may be easily applied and set to extend across the cur tains in a horizontal position or at an inclination upward or downward theretroini A further object ofthe intention is to provide a holder which may beadjusted to the "idth of the folds desired to appear in the. draperies or curtains, and other objects of the in vention will appear incidentally in the course of the following description.-

In the accompanying drawing,

Fig.1 is an elevation of a window haying Curtains draped thereat and held by my improved tieback,

Fig. is an enlargedhorizontal section on the line 22 of Fig. 1, I

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section on the line of Fig. 1 i

Fig. 4. is a. detail perspective view bracket members showing the same separa ed but'in their proper approximate relati In carrying out the present invention, there is provided a base bracket consistingot 1 plate 1 having openings 2 therethrou near its upper and lower ends throng. which screws or other pointed tastenings may be inserted to secure the braclret'upon the edge or side of a window, frame, indieated at 3. From the lower end of the plate 1, the metal of the plate is extended outwardly and then upwardly in a fold, shown most clearly at 41- in Fig. 4, and the free end of the upturned portion is pressed outwardly, as shown at 5, whereby a grooved or concave finger is formed to engage and hold the tieback support, the main portion of the plate being arcuat-e to provide a mating groove or 7 bearing portion, as clearly shown. The tieback support is formed from a sheet metal 5,1931. Serial 1N0. 573,257.

blank having its major portion fiat, as shown I at 6, and provided with re-en'trant flanges or guides 7 along its upper and lower edges. From one end of the flat portionb, the blank is bent at a right angle to form an ar1n8 which will extend toward the window frame and terminates in a cylindrical nipple 9 which is engageable between the finger 5 and the base 1 of the main supporting bracket, Inasnmch as the nipple 9 has a circular cross section, it maybe rotated inits bearing, tur- .nished by the plate 1. and the finger 5, so that the outer portion 6 of the support may extend across the window in a horizontal plane or maybe set to extend upwardly or downwardly from such a plane. Slidably fitted within the guides or flanges 7 1s a flat extension member 10 which has its outer extremity turned slightly outward, as shown proved manner an d the tiebacks 14 are placed around the curtains at the proper point, as indicated in Fig. 1. "The ti'eba'cks are constructed with an upper portion or hem 15 which is adapted to be engaged about the supporting member including the elements 6 and 10, and from said hem or upper portion a flour :e or rutlle 16' may depend to impart the desired attractive finish. In fitting the tioback to the supporting bracket, one end of the tiebaek is brougl'it into engagement with the outer end of the extension 10 and is then worked over the same until it reaches the right angular portion 8. The greater portion of the length of the tieback is then carried around in front of the curtains or draperies, 1 as will be understood upon reference to Figs. 1 and 2, and the free end of the same is carried around to the arm 8 and fastened there-' to in any convenient manner, as by Wrapping taste and desires of the user.

a portion of the same about the arm and then sewing the meeting portions.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be see that I have provided an exceedingly simple device by the use of which siliency to permit the support to be easily adjusted but at the same time exert sufficient friction thereon to hold it normally in any position in which it ma be set. It will be noted. particularly upon reference to Fig. 2, that the supporting member 6 stands clear of but substantially parallel with the window fran'ie and, in effect, provides arunway in which a shade 17 maybe raised or lowered without catching in lace curtains and damaging the same. The runway for the shade 17 may be said to be produced bythe combined length of the nipple 9 and arm 8 which form the pivot or journal of the tieback member. It is found advantageous to make the journal about one and one-half inches long to provide a runway between the window frame and the tieback'member of one and one-half inches depth. more or less, which, in practice, is foundto be srfiicient to permit the shade to be moved up and down without cat-chin tz-taring,,or mussing the lace curtains.

Having thus described the invention, I claim, 7. V

l. A device for the purpose set forth comprising abase plate constructed to be secured upon a window frame, a resilient finger carried by the lower end of said plate and cooperating therewith, and a supporting memher having one terminal formed into a journal at a right angle to the member to engage horizontally between said plate and said fihgerand be rotatably frictionally held thereby, whereby the member may rotate in a vertical plane, the major portion of said member being constructed to extend across the window frame.

2. A device for the purpose set forth comprising a base plate constructed to be secured upon a window frame, a resilient finger carried by the lower end of said plate and upstanding to cooperate with said plate, and a supporting member adapted to extend across the front of the window frame and constructed at one end with a journal disposed at a right angle to its major portion and adapted to rotatably and d'etaehably fit between the base plate and resilient finger and be frictionally held thereby, whereby the member may rock in a vertical plane and be frictionally held in a set position.

3. Aedevice for the purpose set forth comprising a resilient holding bracket adapted to be secured upon a window frame, a tieback support constructed at one end with a journal to engage horizontally in and be fric-- tionally held by the holding bracket. and having its major portion extending across L cl the window frame from said end at a right angle thereto whereby it may rock in a vertical plane, and an extension slidably engaged in the tieback support.

at. In a device of the class described, a cur tain tieback member, and means for support ing the tieback 'member Y upon a window frame in sufficiently spaced relation with respect to the frame whereby a shade is free to be moved vertically without interference with the tieback member.

5. In a device of the class described, a curtain tieback member, means for rotatably supporting the tieback member upon a window frame in sufliciently spaced relation with respect to the frame whereby a shade is free to be moved vertically without interference with the tieback member, and means for holding the tieback member at any degree of rotation. r r V 6. A window curtain holder comprising a bar having one end forming a journal disposed at substantially a right angle to the bar to be extended toward and mounted upon a window frame whereby the bar will be supported at the front of the frameein spaced relation thereto for rocking movement in a vertical plane, said journal being of sulficient length to space said bar sufliciently from the window frame to provide a runway between the bar and the frame adapted to permit a Window shade being moved vertically therein without interference with the bar and ourtain held thereby r In testimony'whereof I aflix my signature. 

